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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55489	The life of Mr. John Hieron with the characters and memorials of ten other worthy ministers of Jesus Christ / written by Mr. Robert Porter ...	Porter, Robert, d. 1690.	1691 (1691)	Wing P2987; ESTC R33944	94,309	99

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